农业是与自然的合作,而非征服。
出自先秦《荀子·强国》。一个人知道爱惜生命、安于快乐而抛弃礼义,那就好比想长寿而自刎其颈一样。此以比喻来说明坚守礼仪对于“贵生乐安”的重要性,强调治国安邦不可缺失礼义的意义。
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.